What does bargain mean?
Word: Bargain
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Bargain means something bought for less than its usual price. As a verb, to bargain is to argue about a price.
How do you spell bargain?
Syllables: bar - gain
Tricky part: The end sounds like the end of 'begin', but it has an a before the i, and that a is the letter most often lost.
Watch out for: bargen, bargian
Memory tip: The end of bargain sounds like the end of begin but holds two vowels, a then i, as in rain and train.
Idioms and Phrases
- drive a hard bargain: to insist on terms that are very good for you Example: "Grandma drives a hard bargain at the vegetable market."
Bargain in a sentence
Example 1: Mummy got a bargain on a silk dress at the sale.
Example 2: Shopkeepers at the weekly market expect you to bargain.
Example 3: Twenty pencils for fifty pence was a real bargain.
Fun Fact
Bargain was already in use in English by the 1300s, when it meant an agreement between two people about what each would give.
Practise the CREST Way
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) discownt
b) custamer
c) bargain
d) shoping
Show answer
c) bargain. Shopping doubles its p, discount is spelt with ou, and customer has an o after the t.
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word:
bargain
a) loss
b) deal
c) profit
d) price
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b) deal. A good bargain is a good deal.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
gaibnar
a) rabgain
b) bargain
c) abrgain
d) bragain
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b) bargain. Bar comes first, then the four letters of gain.
Word Cookie
Find the extra letter in the word:
barrgain
a) b
b) g
c) a
d) r
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d) r. Bargain has a single r, straight after the first a.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Ria's mother got a bargain. What did she buy?
a) a bag priced 200, sold for 500
b) a bag priced 300, sold for 300
c) a bag priced 500, sold for 200
d) a bag priced 100, sold for 400
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c) a bag priced 500, sold for 200
2. Which shop sign would bring in the most bargain hunters?
a) Shop closed for the day
b) Everything half price today
c) New stock arriving next week
d) All prices going up soon
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b) Everything half price today
